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powerpc/pseries: Add kernel parameter to disable batched hcalls

This introduces a pair of kernel parameters that can be used to disable
the MULTITCE and BULK_REMOVE h-calls.

By default, those hcalls are enabled, active, and good for throughput
and performance.  The ability to disable them will be useful for some of
the PREEMPT_RT related investigation and work occurring on Power.

Signed-off-by: Will Schmidt <will_schmidt@vnet.ibm.com>
cc: Olof Johansson <olof@lixom.net>
cc: Anton Blanchard <anton@samba.org>
cc: Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@kernel.crashing.org>
Signed-off-by: Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@kernel.crashing.org>
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+ 8 - 0
Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt

@@ -403,6 +403,10 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
 	bttv.pll=	See Documentation/video4linux/bttv/Insmod-options
 	bttv.tuner=	and Documentation/video4linux/bttv/CARDLIST
 
+	bulk_remove=off	[PPC]  This parameter disables the use of the pSeries
+			firmware feature for flushing multiple hpte entries
+			at a time.
+
 	c101=		[NET] Moxa C101 synchronous serial card
 
 	cachesize=	[BUGS=X86-32] Override level 2 CPU cache size detection.
@@ -1490,6 +1494,10 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
 	mtdparts=	[MTD]
 			See drivers/mtd/cmdlinepart.c.
 
+	multitce=off	[PPC]  This parameter disables the use of the pSeries
+			firmware feature for updating multiple TCE entries
+			at a time.
+
 	onenand.bdry=	[HW,MTD] Flex-OneNAND Boundary Configuration
 
 			Format: [die0_boundary][,die0_lock][,die1_boundary][,die1_lock]

+ 14 - 0
arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/iommu.c

@@ -622,3 +622,17 @@ void iommu_init_early_pSeries(void)
 	set_pci_dma_ops(&dma_iommu_ops);
 }
 
+static int __init disable_multitce(char *str)
+{
+	if (strcmp(str, "off") == 0 &&
+	    firmware_has_feature(FW_FEATURE_LPAR) &&
+	    firmware_has_feature(FW_FEATURE_MULTITCE)) {
+		printk(KERN_INFO "Disabling MULTITCE firmware feature\n");
+		ppc_md.tce_build = tce_build_pSeriesLP;
+		ppc_md.tce_free	 = tce_free_pSeriesLP;
+		powerpc_firmware_features &= ~FW_FEATURE_MULTITCE;
+	}
+	return 1;
+}
+
+__setup("multitce=", disable_multitce);

+ 12 - 0
arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/lpar.c

@@ -627,6 +627,18 @@ static void pSeries_lpar_flush_hash_range(unsigned long number, int local)
 		spin_unlock_irqrestore(&pSeries_lpar_tlbie_lock, flags);
 }
 
+static int __init disable_bulk_remove(char *str)
+{
+	if (strcmp(str, "off") == 0 &&
+	    firmware_has_feature(FW_FEATURE_BULK_REMOVE)) {
+			printk(KERN_INFO "Disabling BULK_REMOVE firmware feature");
+			powerpc_firmware_features &= ~FW_FEATURE_BULK_REMOVE;
+	}
+	return 1;
+}
+
+__setup("bulk_remove=", disable_bulk_remove);
+
 void __init hpte_init_lpar(void)
 {
 	ppc_md.hpte_invalidate	= pSeries_lpar_hpte_invalidate;